Far-right MAGA influencer Andrew Tate’s recently revealed communications pose a serious threat to President Donald Trump’s administration, political commentator Adam Mockler argued Friday.
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“Leaked Andrew Tate texts are looking VERY bad for the Trump admin,” Mockler wrote in a social media post on X to his more than 218,000 followers.
Tate and his brother Tristan were arrested in Miami, Florida Saturday on a sealed warrant later revealed to be related to rape and human trafficking charges filed in the United Kingdom.
The Tates were previously arrested in 2022 on rape and trafficking charges in Romania, though the case has since stalled after pressure from the Trump administration.
The Tate brothers deny any wrongdoing.
As news of the arrests circulated, critics noted the Tates’ close ties to the Trumps: Andrew Tate once bragged about having “access to the president’s son” in 2016, and in 2024, joined Barron Trump on a video call.
The “leaked texts” in question are messages obtained and reviewed by The New York Times regarding their 2022 arrest in Romania.
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“I had word from The Trump admin that theyre [sic] on top of things,” Andrew Tate wrote in a message to “someone close to him,” according to the Times. “Ive been told ill be free soon but Trump needs to see me in Miami.”
Mockler also noted Paul Ingrassia, who serves in the Trump administration as the general counsel of the General Services Administration, has represented the Tate brothers as their attorney.
“You may remember Paul Ingrassia from his leaked texts last year in which he said he has a ‘Nazi streak’ and uses old slurs,” Mockler wrote.
“[Vice President] JD Vance still follows the Tate brothers on Twitter. Barron is friends [with] them. All of this happened after Andrew admitted to being a pimp on camera. This is the Republican Party now. I’m a young dude who loves America, and hates seeing it hijacked by these hateful, abusive, degenerates.”
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